Solidarity with maritime workers: 'Our fight is your fight'
By Andy Gianniotis
BRISBANE — more than 4000 unionists and supporters marched and rallied here on March 4 in solidarity with the Maritime Union of Australia in its dispute with the
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The chickens are coming home
Today I want to talk about the family. Your family, my family, little Johnny's family down the road — and, in a roundabout way, the family of man.
The family: what would we do without it? Who feeds or clothes
By Zohl de Ishtar
Ainu Moshiri, now known as Hokkaido, has been the home of the Ainu people for at least 7000 years. When the Japanese arrived in the 16th century, first to set up a penal colony and then to take the land for farming, the Ainu
Left on-line
Solidarity with the Wharfies — Send solidarity greetings to the struggling wharfies of the Maritime Union of Australia at the MUA's official site . The Democratic Socialist Party is sponsoring a web site in support of the struggle
National Indigenous Working Group
OLGA HAVNEN is the executive officer for the National Indigenous Working Group, which represents Aboriginal land councils, ATSIC and the Indigenous Land Corporation. She spoke to Green Left Weeklys JENNIFER
By Russell Pickeringand Sue Bull
On March 2, 300 workers from the Cobar CSA copper mine and Grafton's Gilbertson's meatworks picketed Parliament House to protest their sacking and the non-payment of their entitlements. The joint protest demanded
By James Vassilopoulos
Waterfront bosses and the Coalition government are investigating the possibility of setting up a non-union stevedoring company in Fremantle. Other measures aimed at the Maritime Union of Australia include the planned
On the box
Actively Radical TV — Sydney community television's progressive current affairs producers tackle the hard issues from the activist's point of view. CTS Sydney (UHF 31), every Thursday, 10pm and Saturday, 7pm. Phone 9565 5522.
Access
By Dave Riley
The Northern Ireland peace process is in great jeopardy following the expulsion from political negotiations of Sinn Féin, which represents more than 40% of nationalist opinion in the Six Counties. Even prior to Sinn
News broke last week of the resignation of John Prescott, chief executive officer and managing director of BHP. Between his multi-million dollar package and his large shareholdings in the company, Prescott is leaving BHP even wealthier than when he
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